Lonna Hooks is the former
Secretary of State of New Jersey. She served for four years in the Cabinet of former New Jersey Gov.
Christine Todd Whitman
Christine Temple Whitman (née Todd; born September 26, 1946) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration o ...
. Governor Whitman said that Secretary Hooks was her business ombudsman as secretary of state.
Biography
Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State, Hooks had been an attorney at
Schering-Plough, and had served under Whitman at the
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) is a regulatory authority in New Jersey "with authority to oversee the regulated utilities, which in turn provide critical services such as natural gas, electricity, water, telecommunications and ca ...
as her chief of staff.
[Sullivan, Joseph F]
" The New Inner Circle: A Small, Trusted Group"
'' The New York Times'', November 7, 1993. Accessed December 18, 2007. "Another woman expected to play a major role in the administration is Lonna Hooks, a lawyer at Schering-Plough, who was Mrs. Whitman's chief of staff at the Board of Public Utility Commissioners." Whitman announced in December 1993 that she would nominate Hooks to serve as Secretary of State.
[Peterson, Ivar]
"Close Adviser to Whitman Is to Be Secretary of State"
'' The New York Times'', December 23, 1993. Accessed December 18, 2007.
Hooks is a graduate of
Howard University and the
Howard University School of Law
Howard University School of Law (Howard Law or HUSL) is the law school of Howard University, a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldes ...
. She has been a resident of
Montclair, New Jersey.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Howard University alumni
New Jersey lawyers
Politicians from Montclair, New Jersey
Secretaries of State of New Jersey
New Jersey Republicans
African-American people in New Jersey politics
21st-century African-American people